Chapter 485: Annihilation
"Raise your shield!"
Liu Zhong roared sharply, and the sword and shield soldiers stepped forward, and dozens of shields were raised high, trying to block the barrage of sprays.
The firing range of the Tiger Squat Cannon is one mile, and one hundred zhang is just at the best range, and the power is the greatest.
Ten tiger squatting cannons were fired one after another, and the barrage formed by thousands of projectiles rushed towards the Qing army's array like a storm, how could it be stopped by dozens of shields?
The momentum carried by the projectile was three points greater than that of the firebolt, and it was no problem to shoot through the wooden leather shield used to defend against arrows.
In the sound of "poof" and "poof", accompanied by a scream, the shield soldier at the front threw away the shield in his hand, stretched out his hands and tried to cover the wounds on his face, but after being shot by dozens of projectiles, his whole body was like a sieve, and blood flowed from dozens of small holes.
A round of tiger squat cannon covered the shooting, and a large number of green battalion soldiers immediately fell. Those who were shot at the vital point died immediately without saying a word, and those who were not dead for the time being let out a terrible scream.
The projectile penetrates the flesh and is embedded in the bone, and this kind of bone-eroding pain is unbearable for ordinary people.
One round of shooting caused at least 100 casualties among the Green Battalion soldiers, and the other Green Battalion soldiers were all shocked to look at the accomplices who fell to the ground and screamed miserably.
"Kill! If you run closer, their artillery is useless! ”
Liu Zhong, who was in the array, saw that his morale was declining, and hurriedly ordered in a loud voice. The Ming gunners of the opposing side are cleaning the chambers and reloading, if they can't kill the opponent before the other side opens fire again, and wait for another round or two of bombardment, their own army will be directly broken up because of fear.
After many years in the camp, Liu Zhong also has a wealth of experience in fighting. In the early days when the army was fighting against the Ming army, in the face of the artillery attack of the Ming army, the tactics of close combat were also adopted.
As long as they can attack the past, the Ming army will often be beaten and flee.
Although the opponent's artillery is sharp, there are only 1,000 people, and he has more than 3,000 troops under his command.
However, at the beginning, Liu Zhong put on a defensive position, and if he wanted to attack the Ming army on the opposite side, he needed to move the rejection horse in front of the formation first.
After dozens of green battalion soldiers were ordered to move away from the horse rejection array, under Liu Zhong's order, the green battalion soldiers rushed towards the Ming army array, and it was Liu Zhong's five hundred personal soldiers who ran at the front, and he didn't dare to preserve his strength at this time.
Looking at the swarming green battalion soldiers, Yu Feng smiled coldly, the enemy general has a good grasp of the situation, but in the face of absolute power, these are useless.
The cavalry did not dismount to defend in formation, but invariably raised the three-eyed firearms in their hands and fired at the incoming green battalion soldiers.
After firing three guns in a row, he then took off the crossbow that had already been loaded, took it up and aimed it forward, and hooked it fiercely.
A three-eyed firearm, a crossbow, a saber, and the horses and cavalry all wore leather armor, which was the standard for the cavalry of the Pingnan Army. The cavalry was small in number, but it was armed to the teeth.
On this 100-zhang impact road, Liu Zhong's Green Battalion soldiers paid a huge sacrifice, under the attack of the Ming army's guns and crossbow arrows, soldiers were shot to the ground every moment, and then trampled under the feet of the soldiers behind.
When they saw the most elite soldiers in front of them falling one after another, the ordinary green battalion soldiers who followed behind were already cold. The firepower of the Ming army was too fierce, and the feeling of not being able to fight back was too uncomfortable.
At this time, many people have already had a retreat in their hearts.
What kind of Ming army is this! Seeing the charging soldiers fall one after another, Liu Zhong was shocked.
Since he joined the Chuang Army, he has fought against the Ming Army for more than ten years and knows the Ming Army very well. In addition to the general's family team being better equipped, it is good for an ordinary soldier to have a spear and a rusty knife. It's like the cavalry of the Ming army on the other side, everyone has a firecracker, and everyone has a light crossbow.
Defeated, completely defeated! Before they could make contact with the other party, hundreds of people had already been shot and killed, and the courage of their own soldiers was cold! Looking at the corpses of his own soldiers piled up on the road in front of him, the green battalion soldiers who followed behind him were timidly unable to take a step.
At this time, Liu Zhong already knew the outcome of the battle, and slowly loosened the reins and slowed down the pace of the war horse.
However, before Liu Zhong could order a retreat, the cavalry of the Ming army had already taken the lead in attacking.
Pulling down the mask armor of the face guard, Yu Feng urged the war horse, the war horse trotted slowly and accelerated, behind him were five hundred cavalry, and five hundred people jumped off the war horse, and under the leadership of Ma Chuang, the road was outflanked along the gentle slope of the hills, leaving only a few people to guard the war horse.
The defeat of the Qing soldiers was decided, and Yu Feng was determined to leave all the Qing soldiers behind.
The war horse slowly accelerated, faster and faster, stepping on the corpses of the fallen soldiers on the road, and rushing into the retreating array of clear soldiers.
Yu Feng's saber swung out, and a big human head flew into the sky, and blood gushed out from his neck.
The onslaught of hundreds of cavalry suddenly crushed the last fighting spirit of the Green Battalion soldiers, and they could no longer care about Liu Zhong's order, so they threw down their weapons and turned around and fled.
The road behind was blocked by captured men, and many fled into the wheat fields or climbed up the hills on the other side.
There were routs everywhere around him, even if he wanted to turn the horse's head, Liu Zhong could only jump off the war horse helplessly, wanting to run away. At this moment, a gust of wind plundered, Liu Zhong felt a cold neck, and the strength of his whole body spurted out with blood.
A knife cut the throat of this green battalion general, Yu Feng did not stop, and rode his horse forward to attack.
The defeat in front made the rear escort and capture the people of more than a thousand green battalion soldiers stunned, looking at the wave of defeated soldiers swarming back, they no longer care about looking at the people sitting on the ground, they want to join the fleeing team, this is in the rear, escape has a natural advantage.
However, at this moment, the seemingly frightened and helpless people moved.
After figuring out what was going on, and knowing that the Ming army had defeated this beastly green battalion, the people's courage suddenly increased.
Many strong men whose family members were violated by the Green Battalion soldiers were unwilling to let these beasts escape, so they all stood up and rushed towards the Green Battalion soldiers around them.
Grab the body of the Green Battalion, twist him to the ground, press it up, and use his fists and teeth to launch a vicious attack on the beast.
The sheep suddenly turned into wolves, which frightened the Green Battalion soldiers. A Green Battalion soldier had just swung his knife and slashed over a citizen who was rushing towards him, and his leg was held by a weeping woman, and then an old woman slammed his head on the stomach and knocked him to the ground.
Countless women, children, old and weak came upon him, attacking him with dirt, stones, sticks, and teeth. A terrible scream rang out, then slowly weakened, and then became inaudible, until he was dead, and the people were unwilling to throw stones at him.
When Yu Feng led his troops to break through the array of the green battalion soldiers, he saw this scene.